Amazing Disgrace: A Book About "Shame"

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This woman is unashamedly herself from the outset: sex-positive, political, intelligent, hilarious and surprisingly very vulnerable, opening up about the kind of experiences we all have as young women, but very often fail to articulate. It started as a 2 for me, was definitely 4 of 5 in parts, but averaged at 3 (which I consider good), all because in portions I found it slightly repetitive. I love her ability to talk about how messy anxiety and depression can be, and how utterly normal it is to consider medication for such ailments. Hamilton-Paterson, one of our finest prose stylists, is a national treasure; and Amazing Disgrace [.

If you’ve seen her stand up you know what you’re getting into with this book, but I would highly recommend! This week, Grace and Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing ditch the voice notes and have a long talk about their experiences with anxiety, mental health and reality TV, ways to find happiness, and tricks to deal with constipation. Campbell is (very) conscious of her privilege, though growing up in the eye of this storm clearly affected her.Soo surprised at how much I enjoyed this, found myself addicted to learning about her life, and made me aware of how much shame I was carrying in my life.

Following on from this, Grace launched The Disgraceful Club, a stand-up night in Soho for female and LGBTQ+ comedians which has one mission: to encourage people to own their shame.Item despatched quickly and as described, but damaged in transit due to plastic wrap packaging being inadequate protection. Amelia DimoldenbergFor as long as she can remember, Grace Campbell has been told that she doesn't suit her name. grace details the essence of what it is to be a woman in today’s world and made you feel that little bit less alone.

i enjoyed this more as a humorous book rather than a straight up memoir (because she is too young) or as a feminist book since it lacked depth on the topic of shame. But I now think that's because I had a harder time relating to (dis)Grace in her younger teenage years (be it because of difference in personal experiences, societal, cultural. And why are we still pandering, sacrificing our own pleasure and sanity in the process, to keep these shame police happy in 2021?The podcast is being released to tie-in with Grace Campbell’s debut book AMAZING DISGRACE: A BOOK ABOUT “SHAME”,coming October 29th. She is also Alistair Campbell’s daughter which, I can’t lie, did leave me a little scared to read the book. There were also several sadder and darker anecdotes about Grace’s personal life, but she turned them into something to learn from and things she’d tell her younger self (or us, the readers). On top of that, she’s at a point in her life where she just doesn’t give a shit anymore about playing up to other people’s expectations at the expense of her mental health. I preferred the first two thirds to the closing sections but I read it all eagerly and ain't nothin gonna make me give this less than five stars.